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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CFP: CATR/ACRT 2014</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Canadian Association for Theatre Research / Association Canadienne de la Recherche Théâtrale </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The seminar </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">invites interested participants to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">investigate<span style="color:black"> dramatic and performative renderings of Canada in the dual context of the immigrant theatre artists’ experiences within the country and abroad. It aims to explore the West-East/North-South dichotomies in Canadian theatre, both in English and French, focusing specifically on issues of language, space, spiritual and religious values, and identity. It welcomes contributions searching for interdisciplinary methodological approaches from the fields of sociology and theatre, anthropology and performance studies, art and film history, semiotics, cognitive studies, and theory of literature and drama. </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The auxiliary questions to be addressed are:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The seminar will accept no more than <b>12 (twelve) papers</b>, no longer <b>than 5000 words each</b>. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The deadline to receive the proposals (250 words) is </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January 15, 2014;</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">the due-date for the final papers </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">is <b>March 15, 2014</b><span style="color:red">. </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">In March 2014 I will distribute papers among the participants, who will be asked to read and provide feedback on each other’s work; and to devise a list of questions arising from their discussions.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The seminar will unfold as a round-table discussion of the major questions raised during the online dialogue. It will finish with the Q-A session including the members of the audience. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Send your inquiries and proposals to <a href="mailto:ymeerzon@uottawa.ca" title="mailto:ymeerzon@uottawa.ca
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">E-mail: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ymeerzon@uOttawa.ca"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">ymeerzon@uOttawa.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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